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Older students have little to fear, experience makes college easier

Benjamin Schwerke, Staff Writer December 10, 2015

The cultural norm is that you graduate from high school and you move on and into college. Your final couple of years of secondary education are usually spent focusing on this shift to college; heavy emphasis...

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Change only happens when you vote

Elliott Puckette, Copy Editor December 10, 2015

To start, I just want to say that I love comedians, especially political ones. It is because of political comedians that I became interested in the political process and can today count myself as a reasonably...

Madison College waiting lists

Melissa Stewart December 8, 2015

There are currently 24 programs at Madison College that have a wait list, according to the school website. The time you have to wait to get into these programs can be anywhere from a semester to two years....

Death should be celebrated just as life is celebrated

Pat Kempfer, Opinion Editor December 8, 2015

The culmination of one’s physical existence comes together in the most beautiful display in its death. Why should we ever run away from such a beautiful expression of existence? There is, of course,...

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Thanksgiving no longer about thanks

Timothy Witt, Staff Writer November 26, 2015

The holiday season is finally here and with it, a concoction of advertisements and controversy. As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, it’s the traditional holiday’s younger sibling, Black Friday that...

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Local non-profit group hopes to raise $25,000 for recovery support

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 25, 2015

The Walk-In Recovery Community Organization (WIRCO) is a nonprofit recovery community organization (RCO), established in 2010 as a community continuum of care for those living in post treatment recovery....

War is not a video game

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 25, 2015

Video game technology has made some amazing advances in recent decades. When I was 10 years-old, my mom got me my very first Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and with that, came the Nintendo NES Zapper,...

Feminists lead the quest for social equality

Kimberly L. Michal November 25, 2015

A new club on campus is arguing that men in U.S. society are not taken seriously enough. According to the Zen Men’s page on the Link the club promotes the male perspective with regard to relationships,...

Elections need workers, too

Stephanie Riedel, Staff Writer November 10, 2015

Civic duty is an important aspect of a democratic society. For many of us that duty starts and ends with voting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, it shouldn’t. We should, by all means,...

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Recovery Corner – From gutter punk to columnist

Patrick Kempfer, Opinion Editor November 10, 2015

As of June 7, 2015, I have been clean for six full years. The events leading up to the moment of waking up in a solitary jail cell, detoxing from drugs, and simply astounded and in all ways exhausted from...

Bacon in moderation, does not cause cancer

Bailey Ayres, Sports Editor November 10, 2015

“Bacon broke the Internet,” was the tweet of the day with a link to a Minneapolis radio station web page showing a bunch of tweets regarding the news that bacon could be a possible the cause of cancer....

Letter from the Student Senate – Parking at Truax

Amanda Love, Student Senate President November 10, 2015

A common concern that students have expressed to the Student Senate is that there is insufficient parking at the Truax Campus, and many have asked why we don’t have a multilevel parking ramp. For most...

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